IBRD only - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in IBRD only was 81.45 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 86.09 in 1994, while its lowest value was 61.15 in 1982.

Definition: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 65.70
1971 67.05
1972 62.77
1973 65.43
1974 65.97
1975 65.74
1976 64.62
1977 64.54
1978 65.52
1979 65.40
1980 65.46
1981 66.12
1982 61.15
1983 65.52
1984 67.61
1985 67.60
1986 66.19
1987 64.46
1988 68.05
1989 68.51
1990 85.64
1991 85.72
1992 85.98
1993 85.82
1994 86.09
1995 85.92
1996 85.55
1997 84.83
1998 84.49
1999 84.08
2000 82.97
2001 82.95
2002 82.94
2003 82.72
2004 82.55
2005 82.40
2006 81.85
2007 81.82
2008 81.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions